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Hard times: Geteilte Freude ist doppelte Freude, geteilter Schmerz ist halber Schmerz

It: It all sounds like a fairy tale what you are telling here... You: Yes, it is. Really. Most of the time. It: Most of the time? You: There are also hard times. Times, when you feel lonely, desperate or sick. When you would just need someone to  make for you a cup of tea,  take care of you, or just  hold your hand . And his hand is many kilometers away. Those are the hard times. It: And how does it feel? You: Bad. But the worst are those stupid thoughts which always come to cover your mind. It: Like? You: I don't know, just stupid thoughts. Like, that maybe he is happy that he is not with you because he could also get sick. That he doesn't have to take care of you and can enjoy  instead  nicely his time. I don't know, you know those thoughts, right? They are coming sometimes to everyone. It:  Yes, I know. But what you do then with these feelings? You: Just wait. They always disappear when you don't give them an attention. And I tr...

Cycling around Via Rhône: leben wie Gott in Frankreich (1.part)

From the moment we got to know each other, Jan wanted to try how it is to go for a multi-day trek or cycling. Taking your whole small world with you, packed into a backpack or cycling bags. I grew up with traveling like that in my blood, but for Jan in his 29 years, it was still a big unknown and unexplored field. It is not surprising, that some worries were on both sides. I was worried if something, which is so precious and important for me will not have to be changed so much, that it will lose all the charm, if it still will be the right vacations, where freedom is connected with the fact that I carry everything that I need, that in the evening I search for a hidden place for a tent under the stars, trying to hide from people instead of looking for a paid place close to them, that I cook a dinner from what I can find in my backpack, instead of going to restaurants and experiencing a beautiful feeling of self-sufficiency interconnected sometimes with an unusual but amazing feeling of...

How to work together without killing each other: Anfangen ist leicht, aber Beharren ist eine Kunst

It is 4 o'clock in the morning, and the night slowly dissolves in the morning blush of dawn   and we are saying goodbye to each other. Me, Jan and our shared article, we all put ourselves for a few short hours to a restless sleep, to meet each other again in a short time. The feverish efforts of the last few weeks are steadily growing every day. Nights and days mingle in an endless series of indeterminate hours. Our irritability, tiredness, confusion, and stress from the approaching deadline increase with each day ... Time, when it might be so easy to kill your loved one. Times, when I can not even stand myself. But he handles that. How? I do not know, I have to say that I admire him for that. And to be honest, he is also definitely not the most caring and pleasant person these days. Yet, it seems as we would be much closer to each other, despite the distance of many hundreds of kilometers. The calls are becoming more and more constructive. Together we plan, build, create...